Skip to main content

Nova Scotia Health has made changes to parking and the main entrance of the QEII Halifax Infirmary. Learn more.

Polycythemia Vera

Last Update
Extension
.pdf
Print Code
NSCCP-1689
Language
English
Creator
NSHCCP

This pamphlet outlines polycythemia vera (PV), a blood cancer, also called primary polycythemia, polycythemia rubra vera (PRV), or Vaquez-Osler disease. This pamphlet describes the cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of polycythemia vera.

©2024 Nova Scotia Health Authority. All rights reserved.